Data protection

Privacy policy 

Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in our company. The protection of your personal data is important to us. Personal data is individual information about the personal or factual circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as the civil name, company, address, telephone number, email address and date of birth.
As this data enjoys special protection, we only collect it to the extent that is technically necessary. Below we explain what information we collect during your visit to our website and how it is used.
Our data protection practices comply with the provisions of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telemedia Act (TMG). We will collect, process and store your personal data exclusively for the purpose of processing inquiries and, where applicable, for processing orders/contracts. Only if you have previously given your consent separately will your data also be used for further purposes precisely defined in the consent, e.g. for information about offers by newsletter etc.

1. RESPONSIBLE BODY WITHIN THE MEANING OF § 13 PARA. 1 TMG / § 3 PARA. 7 BDSG

The responsible body within the meaning of data protection law is

Endmark GmbH
Lindenallee 24
50968 Cologne

E-mail: datenschutz@endmark.de
Fax: +49 (0) 221 94 20 33-40


2. ANONYMOUS / PSEUDONYMIZED USE OF THE WEBSITE

In principle, you can visit our website without providing any personal data.
Anonymous usage data either does not refer to an identified or identifiable person from the outset or is subsequently anonymized in such a way that no or no further identification of the person can take place.
Pseudonymized usage data is not merged with the data of the bearer of the pseudonym. Pseudonymous user profiles are not created.

3. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE WEBSITE

Our website offers you various functions that collect, process and store personal data when you use them. Below we explain what happens to this data:

* Contact form(s):

We will only use the data collected via our contact form or contact forms to process inquiries received via the contact form or contact forms.

4. DATA TRANSFER / PURPOSE LIMITATION

We only pass on personal data to third parties insofar as this is necessary for us to fulfill our contractual obligations, in particular to process a concluded contract. Personal data will not be passed on to third parties except for the stated purposes of contract and payment processing.
If you provide us with personal data as part of an express consent, this data will only be used for the purpose on which the consent is based and which you have agreed to in advance. We will only store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the intended purpose of data collection or as required by law. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Your legitimate interests will be taken into account in accordance with the statutory provisions. You can obtain information about the stored data concerning you from the controller.

5. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF VISITS TO THIS WEBSITE

We collect, process and store the following data when this website or individual files on the website are accessed: IP address, website from which the file was retrieved, name of the file, date and time of retrieval, amount of data transferred and notification of the success of the retrieval (so-called web log). We use this access data exclusively in non-personalized form for the continuous improvement of our website and for statistical purposes.
We also use the following plugins and active script content to evaluate visits to this website:

* GA Audience:

Our website uses GA Audience, a service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: GA Audience). GA Audience uses cookies, among other things, which are stored on your computer and other mobile devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets, etc.) and which enable an analysis of the use of the corresponding devices. In some cases, the data is analyzed across devices. Google Audience receives access to the cookies created as part of the use of Google Adwords and Google Analytics. During use, data, in particular the IP address and user activities, may be transmitted to a Google Inc. server and stored there. Google Inc. may transfer this information to third parties if this is required by law or if this data is processed by third parties. You can prevent the collection and forwarding of personal data (in particular your IP address) and the processing of this data by deactivating the execution of Java Script in your browser or by installing a tool such as 'NoScript'. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the Google 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?hl=de. Further information on data protection when using GA Audience can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2700409?hl=en&ref_topic=2611283.

* Google Analytics:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: Google). Google Analytics uses various techniques, including so-called 'cookies', which are stored on your computer and which enable an analysis of the use of this website by visitors. The information collected by Google Analytics about your use of this website is transmitted to Google servers, which may be located in countries outside the member states of the European Union and may also be located outside the contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. By activating IP anonymization within the Google Analytics tracking code of this website, your IP address will be anonymized by Google before transmission. This website uses a Google Analytics tracking code that has been extended by the operator gat._anonymizeIp(); to enable only anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your visit to this website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You can prevent the storage of Google 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 Google from collecting the data generated by the Google cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. The security and data protection principles of Google Analytics can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

6. INFORMATION ON THE USE OF COOKIES

We use cookies on various pages to make your visit to our website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions. Cookies are small text files that your browser can store on your computer. The process of storing a cookie file is also called 'setting a cookie'. You can set your browser yourself according to your wishes so that you are informed about the setting of cookies, decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept them or generally accept or generally exclude the acceptance of cookies. Cookies can be used for different purposes, e.g. to recognize that your PC has already had a connection to a website (persistent cookies) or to save recently viewed offers (session cookies). We use cookies to offer you an enhanced user experience. In order to use our convenience functions, we recommend that you allow the acceptance of cookies for our website.

7. DATA SECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION, COMMUNICATION BY E-MAIL 

Your personal data is protected by technical and organizational measures during collection, storage and processing in such a way that it is not accessible to third parties. We cannot guarantee complete data security when communicating by e-mail, so we recommend that you send information requiring a high level of confidentiality by post.

8. SOCIAL NETWORKS

Our website deliberately refrains from integrating so-called social media plugins, such as the Facebook Like button, the Twitter Retweet button or Google's +1 button. Therefore, no personal data is transferred to social networks at any time.
The connection to social networks is limited to a recommend or share function, which the user must explicitly trigger and where only the current URL including the page title is transferred.

9. WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT - DATA INFORMATION AND CHANGE REQUESTS - DELETION & BLOCKING OF DATA

According to the Federal Data Protection Act, you have a right to free information about your stored data and, if necessary, a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. Your data will then be deleted unless there are legal regulations to the contrary. You can revoke any permission you have given us to use your personal data at any time. You can send requests for information, deletion and correction of your data and suggestions at any time to the following address:

Endmark GmbH
Lindenallee 24
50968 Cologne

E-mail: datenschutz@endmark.de
Fax: +49 (0) 221 94 20 33-40

Status: January 01, 2022