Privacy Policy
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 personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person. This includes information such as civil name, address, telephone number and date of birth. Since this data enjoys special protection, we only collect it to the extent technically necessary. In the following, we describe what information we collect during your visit to our website and how it is used. Our data protection practice is in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG). We will collect, process and store your personal data exclusively for the processing of inquiries and, if necessary, for the processing of orders / contracts. Only if you have previously given your consent separately, your data will also be used for further purposes that are precisely defined in the consent, e.g. for information about offers via newsletter, etc..
Responsible body within the meaning of § 13 para. 1 tmg / § 3 para. 7 bdsg
Schaubel & Peukert GmbH
Small Sand 2, 76829 Landau, Germany
e-mail: info@driftelement.com
Telephone: + 49 175 6489625
Internet: www.driftelement.com
1. anonymous data collection
In principle, you can visit our websites without telling us who you are. For technical reasons, we automatically store and collect server log data, which is transmitted by your browser:
Browser type/version
Operating system
Referrer URL (the previously visited page)
IP address (spam protection, unique allocation)
Time of your visit
The data stored by the server cannot and will not be assigned to any natural persons. The log data is automatically deleted after a statistical evaluation. Please understand that server log data is absolutely necessary for the security and protection of this website.
2. collection and processing of personal data
For technical reasons, the software on our homepage stores all information that you voluntarily transmit to us via forms (e.g. when registering, submitting comments, etc.). This applies in particular to links, comments, email addresses and other voluntary information and content that you knowingly submit. In case of misuse of our offer, attacks or publication of illegal content, the transmitted data will be disclosed by court order.
In addition to processing your data to process your purchase at www.driftelement.com, we also use your data to inform you about marketing campaigns and to recommend products or services that may be of interest to you - we refer to this procedure below as individual advertising. For this purpose, we analyze data according to the standards described in paragraph 4. You may at any time object to the use of your personal data as a whole or for individual measures; a notification in text form (e.g. email, fax, letter) to the above address is sufficient for this and is free of charge with the exception of any usual transmission costs incurred.
2.1 Contact form
We store and use data entered by you in the contact form, such as email and message, for the purpose of individual communication with you.
3. cookies
The software installed on our servers uses cookies. Cookies are small files that are stored locally in the cache of the site visitor's Internet browser. They serve to make our Internet presence more user-friendly, more effective and more secure - for example, when it comes to speeding up navigation on our platform. In addition, cookies enable us to measure, for example, the frequency of page views and general navigation. You define the setting for how long cookies are stored, when they are deleted or whether they are generally rejected in the settings of your browser. Please read the instructions for your 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.
3.1 Retargeting via cookies
www.driftelement.com uses retargeting technologies that make it possible to target those Internet users with advertising who have already shown interest in our website and our products. In retargeting, the advertising material is displayed on the basis of a cookie-based analysis of previous user behavior and on the pages of our selected advertising partners. In this process, we cannot clearly identify any user, any analysis is anonymous. The use of retargeting technology is of course carried out in compliance with the applicable legal data protection provisions.
3.2 Push Notifications
www.driftelement.com uses push notifications from CleverPush (cleverpush.com).
Push notifications are messages that can be displayed on your end device without opening the website or the respective app. No unique user data such as IP addresses or similar are stored, which can lead to direct conclusions about the respective user. When registering (opt-in) for the notification distribution list, only a type of identifier key and the GeoIP (country and state) of the user are transmitted and stored in the CleverPush database. This identifier key is assigned by the respective browser manufacturers (Google, Mozilla, Apple, etc.) and makes it possible to later send the notifications to the respective browsers.
If the opt-in for push notifications [provider] is withdrawn (opt-out), all data stored at CleverPush will be deleted.
For more information on push notifications, as well as opting out, please visit https://cleverpush.com/faq.
4. use of data analysis tools
4.1 Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies (see No. 3). The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website 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.
You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software. Alternatively, you can use the Google Analytics deactivation add-on: Browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics, if it is available for your browser. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit www.google.com/analytics/terms/de orwww.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
4.2 Google Adsense:
Our website uses Google Adsense, a service provided by Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: Google). Google Adsense uses "cookies", which are stored on your computer and which allow an analysis of the use of the website. In addition, Google Adsense uses so-called "web beacons" (invisible graphics) for the purpose of information collection. In the course of use, data, such as in particular the IP address and activities of the user, may be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google may 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. You can prevent the collection and forwarding of personal data (esp. your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by deactivating the execution of JavaScript in your browser or installing a tool such as 'NoScript'.
4.3 Use of Facebook tools
4.3.1 Conversion measurement with the Facebook pixel
When you visit our website, we use the pixel procedure of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA ("Facebook") on www.driftelement.com. With its help, we can track the actions of users after they have seen or clicked on a Facebook ad. This allows us to track the effectiveness of Facebook ads for statistical and market research purposes. The data collected in this way is anonymous to us, which means that we do not see the personal data of individual users. However, this data is stored and processed by Facebook, about which we inform you according to our level of knowledge. Facebook may associate this data with your Facebook account and also use it for its own advertising purposes, according to Facebook's Data Use Policy, see https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. You may allow Facebook and its partners to serve ads on and off Facebook. Furthermore, a cookie may be stored on your computer for these purposes. Please change your Ads settings on Facebook if you wish to withdraw your consent. (Link: https://www.facebook.com/settings) This consent may only be declared by users older than 13 years. If you are younger, please ask your legal guardians for advice.
Pixel Opt-Out
You want to prevent your interactions on www.driftelement.com from being tracked by the Facebook pixel? Simply click on the following button. Please note that this setting is stored locally in the cache of the page visitor's internet browser via a cookie (see point 3.). This setting is anonymous and only applies to the browser and device on which the button was activated. If your visits are from multiple devices or browsers, the function is to be activated everywhere there. Please note: If the cookies are reset by the system or the user, the function must be activated again.
Facebook tracking pixel on this page is:
Enabled. Deactivate now
4.3.2 Declaration of consent under data protection law for the use of the communication tool Custom Audience
We use communication tools of the social network Facebook, in particular the product Custom Audiences and Website Custom Audiences. Basically, this generates a non-reversible and non-personal checksum (hash value) from your usage data, which can be transmitted to Facebook for analysis and marketing purposes. For the Website Custom Audiences product, the Facebook cookie is addressed.
To object to the use of the communication tool Custom Audience (pixel & customer list), please proceed as follows: a) For the product Custom Audience via the so-called Facebook pixel, please use the opt-out option under point 4.3.1 b) For the product Custom Audience via customer lists, please send us a message in text form (e.g. email, fax, letter) with the affected email address at Facebook to the following address:
www.driftelement.com
E-mail: info@driftelement.com
4.3.3 Preference management to user-specific advertising targeting.
To provide measurement and targeting of advertisements, our partner Facebook uses cookies, web beacons and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from our websites and other places on the Internet.
If you wish to opt-out of the collection and use of information for targeting, you may use the following links:
http://www.meine-cookies.org
4.3.4 Facebook Messenger Chat
If you write us a personal message via Facebook and give us permission to do so, we will inform you with personal messages about www.driftelement.com news such as new products and offer promotions. If you want to use this channel to communicate with our support, we will only exchange personal information with you that is necessary to process the request. We would like to point out that Facebook may have access to this data in accordance with the Facebook Terms of Use, which each Facebook user has agreed to. You can find out more about this here:https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/Zur Exercise of the right to object see point 2.4.4 of this data protection declaration.
4.3.5 myfonts counter
Script code from the company MyFonts Inc., 500 Unicorn Park Drive, Woburn, MA 01801, USA (hereinafter: MyFonts) is loaded on our site. If you have activated Java script in your browser and have not installed a Java script blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to MyFonts. To prevent the execution of Java script code from MyFonts altogether, you can install a Java script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net). Further information on data protection at MyFonts can be found at the following link: https://www.myfonts.com/info/terms-and-conditions.
5. use of social plug-ins
5.1 Facebook plug-ins
We have integrated so-called plug-ins of the social network facebook.com (hereinafter "Facebook") into our Internet presence. Facebook is a company of Facebook Inc, 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Each time you access a web page of our website that is provided with such a plug-in, the plug-in causes the browser you are using to load and display the visual representation of the plug-in from the Facebook server. In doing so, the Facebook server is informed which particular web page of our internet presence you are currently visiting. If you are a member of Facebook and are logged in to Facebook while visiting our website, Facebook recognizes through the information sent by the plug-in which particular website of our website you are currently visiting and assigns this to your personal user account on Facebook. If you now activate one of the plug-ins, for example by clicking the "Like" button or by submitting a comment, this will be sent to your personal user account on Facebook and stored there. In addition, the information that you have visited our website will be transmitted to Facebook, regardless of whether you activate one of the plug-ins or not.To prevent the transmission and storage of data about you and your surfing behavior by Facebook, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. You can find more information about the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard, and the settings options for protecting your privacy in Facebook's privacy policy.
5.2 Google "+1" Button
We use the "+1" button of the social network Google+ (Google Plus) of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043 USA, (hereinafter "Google") on our website.
Each time you call up a web page of our Internet presence that is provided with a "+1" button, the "+1" button causes the browser you are using to load and display the visual representation of the "+1" button from the Google server. In doing so, the Google server is informed which particular website of our internet presence you are currently visiting. Google logs your browsing history when displaying a "+1" button for a period of up to two weeks for system maintenance and troubleshooting purposes. A further evaluation of your visit to a website of our Internet presence with a "+1" button does not take place.
If you click the "+1" button while logged in to Google+ (Google Plus), Google will collect information about your recommended URL, your IP address and other browser-related information via your Google profile so that your "+1" recommendation can be stored and made publicly available. Your "+1" recommendations can be displayed as references together with your profile name and your photo in Google services, such as in search results or in your Google profile (as a "+1" tab in your Google profile), or in other places on websites and advertisements on the Internet.
At the following Internet address, you will find Google's data protection information on the "+1" button with more detailed information on the collection, transfer and use of data by Google, your rights in this regard and your profile setting options:www.google.com/intl/ en/+/policy/+1button.html
5.3 Twitter
Our website uses plugins of the microblogging service twitter.com, which is operated by Twitter, Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (Twitter). When you call up a web page of our website that contains plugins from Twitter, your browser establishes a direct connection with the servers of Twitter. This may transmit personal data to Twitter, so that Twitter receives the information that you personally have accessed the corresponding page of our website. Twitter may be able to assign your visit to our website to your Twitter account. Even after logging out of Twitter, data is transmitted to Twitter. Logging out only prevents the assignment of data to a Twitter account. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Twitter, as well as your rights in this regard and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the privacy policy of Twitter (https://twitter.com/privacy). If you do not want Twitter to collect data about you via our website, you must set the 'Do not Track' function (https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169453) in your browser before visiting our website or, alternatively, disable the use of plugins from Twitter in your browser or block the execution of scripts for the twitter.com domain altogether (e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).
5.4 YouTube
Java script code of the company YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA (hereinafter Youtube) is reloaded on our page. We use the provider Youtube to embed videos on our website. If you have activated JavaScript in your browser and have not installed a JavaScript blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to Youtube. For more information, please refer to the privacy policy of Youtube (http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy). To prevent the execution of Java-Script code from Youtube altogether, you can install a Java-Script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).
5.5 Linkedin
Java script code of the company LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (LinkedIn) is reloaded on our site. If you have activated Java script in your browser and have not installed a Java script blocker, your browser may transmit personal data to LinkedIn. For more information, please see LinkedIn's privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=uno-reg-guest-home-privacy-policy. To prevent the execution of Java Script code from LinkedIn altogether, you can install a Java Script blocker (e.g. www.noscript.net or www.ghostery.com).
6. information rights
According to the Federal Data Protection Act, you have a right to information about your stored data, as well as a right to correction, blocking or deletion of this data. Please contact us in writing using the contact details provided in the imprint. In order to receive information, you must identify yourself as the person about whom information is to be provided. To enable us to provide you with information more quickly, please let us know which data you are interested in.
7. data security and data protection, communication by e-mail.
Your personal data is transmitted over the Internet encrypted by SSL. We secure our website and other systems by technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution of your data by unauthorized persons.
8. revocation 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 if this does not conflict with legal regulations. You can revoke a permission granted to us to use your personal data at any time. You can send requests for information, deletion and correction of your data and also suggestions at any time to the following address:
Schaubel & Peukert GmbH
kleiner Sand 2, 76829 Landau, Germany
info@driftelement.com
Status: October 2022