1. Introduction and Contact Details of the Controller
1.1
We are pleased that you are visiting our website and thank you for your interest. In the following, we inform you about how your personal data is handled when you use our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you.
1.2
The controller responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is AdvanTec GmbH, Am Technologiezentrum 5, 86159 Augsburg, Deutschland, Tel.: +49 821 6505 9021, Fax: +49 821 6505 9029, E-Mail: info@advantecgmbh.de.
The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
2. Data Collection When Visiting Our Website
2.1
When you use our website for informational purposes only – that is, if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information – we only collect the data that your browser transmits to our server (so-called “server log files”). When you access our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display the website to you:
The website visited
Date and time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you accessed the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable, in anonymized form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data will not be disclosed to third parties or used in any other way. However, we reserve the right to retrospectively review the server log files if there are concrete indications of unlawful use.
2.2
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g., orders or inquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock icon in your browser’s address bar.
3. Hosting & Content Delivery Network
For hosting our website and displaying its content, we use a provider who renders its services either directly or through selected subcontractors exclusively on servers located within the European Union.
All data collected on our website is processed on these servers.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider that ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
4. Cookies
To make visiting our website attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies — small text files that are stored on your device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain stored on your device for a longer period and allow us to save your site settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). The storage duration of persistent cookies can be found in your web browser’s cookie settings overview.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies implemented by us, the processing is carried out either in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of a contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR if consent has been given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interest in the best possible functionality of the website and a user-friendly and effective experience when visiting the site.
You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually whether to accept them, or you can exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Please note that if cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be limited.
5. Contacting Us
When you contact us (e.g., via contact form or email), personal data is collected. The specific data collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective form itself. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your inquiry and for the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact aims to conclude a contract, then the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Your data will be deleted once your inquiry has been fully processed, provided there are no statutory retention obligations. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved.
6. Registration on the Portal or Forum
You can register on our website by providing personal data. The specific personal data processed during registration is determined by the input form used for this purpose. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for registration, which means your registration is not complete until you confirm it by clicking the link sent to you in a confirmation email. If this confirmation is not received within 24 hours, your registration will be automatically deleted from our database. Providing the data requested in the registration form is mandatory. Any additional information may be provided voluntarily by using our portal.
When using the portal, we store the data required to fulfill the contract, including any payment details, until you permanently delete your account. We also store any voluntary data you provide for the duration of your use of the portal unless you delete it beforehand. All data can be managed and modified in the secure customer area. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Additionally, we store all content you publish (such as public posts, wall entries, guestbook entries, etc.) in order to operate the website. We have a legitimate interest in providing the website with complete user-generated content. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If you delete your account, your public contributions, especially in the forum, will remain visible to all readers, but your account will no longer be accessible. All other data will be deleted in this case.
7. Comment Function
When using the comment function on this website, in addition to your comment, information regarding the time of creation and the commentator name you selected will be stored and published on the website. Furthermore, your IP address will be logged and stored. This storage of the IP address is done for security reasons and in case the person concerned violates the rights of third parties or posts illegal content through a comment. Your email address is required so we can contact you if a third party objects to your published content as being unlawful.
The legal bases for storing your data are Art. 6(1)(b) and Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We reserve the right to delete comments if they are challenged as unlawful by third parties.
You may subscribe to follow-up comments as a user. You will receive a confirmation email to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided (double opt-in procedure). The legal basis for processing data when subscribing to comments is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may unsubscribe from comment notifications at any time with future effect. Further details on how to unsubscribe can be found in the confirmation email.
8. Use of Customer Data for Direct Advertising
8.1 Subscription to Our Email Newsletter
If you subscribe to our email newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. The only mandatory information required for sending the newsletter is your email address. Any additional data is provided voluntarily and is used to address you personally. For the newsletter subscription, we use the so-called double opt-in procedure. This means we will only send you an email newsletter once you have explicitly confirmed that you wish to receive it. We will then send you a confirmation email asking you to confirm your subscription by clicking a link.
By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. When subscribing to the newsletter, we store your IP address provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of subscription to trace any potential misuse of your email address at a later time. The data collected during the newsletter registration will be used exclusively for sending our newsletter.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time via the link provided in the newsletter or by contacting the controller named above. After unsubscribing, your email address will be immediately deleted from our distribution list, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data beyond this, as permitted by law and explained in this privacy policy.
8.2 Email Newsletter to Existing Customers
If you have provided us with your email address in connection with the purchase of goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services from our range via email. According to § 7(3) of the German Unfair Competition Act (UWG), we do not require separate consent for this. Data processing is carried out solely on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If you initially objected to the use of your email address for this purpose, you will not receive any emails from us.
You have the right to object to the use of your email address for advertising purposes at any time with future effect by notifying the controller mentioned above. You will only incur transmission costs according to the base rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your email address for advertising purposes will be stopped immediately.
8.3 MailPoet
We send our email newsletters via the following provider:
Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd., Grand Canal Dock, 25 Herbert Pl, Dublin, D02 AY86, Ireland
On the basis of our legitimate interest in effective and user-friendly newsletter marketing, we pass on the data you provided when registering for the newsletter to this provider in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, so that they can send the newsletter on our behalf.
With your express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the provider also performs statistical evaluations of newsletter campaigns via web beacons or tracking pixels included in the emails. These can measure open rates and user interactions with the content. Device-related information (e.g., time of access, IP address, browser type, and operating system) is also collected and analyzed, but not combined with other datasets.
You may revoke your consent to this newsletter tracking at any time with future effect.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider to ensure the protection of our website visitors’ data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
9. Website Functionalities
Google Maps
This website uses the online map service Google Maps (API), provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).
Google Maps is a web service for displaying interactive maps to visually present geographical information. By using this service, our location is shown to you, and it may help you plan your route.
As soon as you access a subpage that contains an embedded Google Maps map, information about your use of our website (e.g., your IP address) is transmitted to Google servers and stored there. This may also involve transmission to Google LLC servers in the United States. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged into or whether no user account exists. If you are logged into your Google account, your data is directly associated with your account. If you do not wish this association, you must log out before activating the map.
Google stores your data (even for users not logged in) as usage profiles and analyzes them. This analysis is carried out pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on Google’s legitimate interest in displaying personalized advertising, conducting market research, and/or optimizing the design of its websites. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact Google to exercise this right.
If you do not consent to the future transmission of your data to Google in connection with the use of Google Maps, you can completely deactivate the Google Maps web service by disabling JavaScript in your browser. In this case, Google Maps and map displays on this website will not be usable.
Where legally required, we obtain your consent for the processing of your data as described above pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect. To exercise your withdrawal, please follow the procedure described above for objecting.
For data transfers to the U.S., the provider is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which ensures compliance with European data protection standards based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission.
Further information on Google’s data protection can be found here:
https://business.safety.google
10. Tools und Sonstiges
10.1 Cookie-Consent-Tool
This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain valid user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications that require consent. The cookie consent tool is presented to users upon accessing the website in the form of an interactive interface, where users can grant consent for specific cookies and/or cookie-based applications by checking the appropriate boxes. The tool ensures that all cookies/services requiring consent are only activated once the user has given explicit permission by selecting the respective options.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to store your cookie preferences. In general, no personal user data is processed in this context.
If, in individual cases, the processing of personal data (such as the IP address) is necessary for storing, assigning, or logging cookie settings, this processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR based on our legitimate interest in providing a legally compliant, user-specific, and user-friendly consent management for cookies and, therefore, in maintaining a legally compliant online presence.
Another legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. As the controller, we are legally obligated to make the use of non-essential cookies dependent on the respective user’s consent.
Where necessary, we have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider of the consent tool to ensure the protection of our website visitors’ data and to prohibit unauthorized disclosure to third parties.
Further information about the provider and configuration options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly within the corresponding interface on our website.
10.2 – DATEV
For our accounting processes, we use the cloud-based accounting software provided by the following service provider:
DATEV eG, Paumgartnerstr. 6–14, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany.
The provider processes incoming and outgoing invoices and, where applicable, the company’s banking transactions in order to automatically capture invoices, match them with corresponding transactions, and generate financial accounting records through a partially automated process.
Where personal data is processed in this context, the processing is carried out based on our legitimate interest in the efficient organization and documentation of our business operations in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
11. Rights of the Data Subject
11.1 Law
Applicable data protection law grants you, as the data subject, the following rights with regard to the processing of your personal data by the controller. The specific legal basis for exercising each right is indicated in brackets::
Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent granted at any time pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.
11.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT
IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA. HOWEVER, FURTHER PROCESSING REMAINS RESERVED IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE, OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED BY US FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE OBJECTION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE AFFECTED DATA FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
12. Duration of Storage of Personal Data
The duration of the storage of personal data depends on the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing, and – if applicable – statutory retention periods (e.g. commercial and tax law retention obligations).
If the processing is based on your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data will be stored until you revoke your consent.
If statutory retention periods apply to data that is processed within the scope of contractual or quasi-contractual obligations based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, the data will be routinely deleted after the expiration of those periods, unless it is still required for the performance of the contract or the initiation of a contract, or unless we have a legitimate interest in continued storage.
If personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR.
Unless otherwise stated in this privacy notice for specific processing situations, personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
Stated: 05.06.2025, 10:38:03 Uhr