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Privacy Policy pursuant to Art. 13 & 14 GDPR

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you about how we process your personal data when you use our website.

1. Name and contact details of the controller

Rosalie Aust
AUCO GmbH
Gerwigstr. 24

78234 Engen

Telephone: 07733/7033

The appointment of a data protection officer is not required for our company, which has fewer than 10 employees who are permanently engaged in processing personal data (Section 38 BDSG 2018).

2) Data collection when visiting our website

2.1 When using our website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we collect only the data that your browser transmits to the page server (known as “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:

- Website visited

- Date and time of access

- Amount of data sent in bytes

- Source/referrer from which you reached the page

- Browser used

- Operating system used

- IP address used (if applicable: in anonymized form)

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website. The data is not passed on or otherwise used. However, we reserve the right to review the server log files retrospectively if there are specific 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 enquiries to the controller), this website uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the “https://” prefix and the padlock symbol in your browser’s address bar.

3) Hosting & Content Delivery Network

3.1 To host our website and display its content, we use a provider that provides its services, either itself or through selected subcontractors, exclusively on servers located within the European Union.

All data collected on our website is processed on these servers unless different recipients are specified below for specific data processing activities.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

3.2 IONOS

We use a Content Delivery Network provided by: 1&1 IONOS Internet SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany

This service enables us to deliver large media files, such as graphics, page content or scripts, more quickly via a network of regionally distributed servers. Processing is carried out to safeguard our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

We have concluded a data processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of our website visitors’ data and prohibits unauthorized disclosure to third parties.

4) Cookies

To make your visit to our website attractive and enable the use of certain functions, we use cookies, i.e. small text files stored on your device. Some cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser (known as “session cookies”), while others remain on your device for longer and enable page settings to be saved (known as “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of your web browser’s cookie settings.

If personal data is also processed through individual cookies we use, processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR for the performance of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR where consent has been given, or in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to safeguard our legitimate interests in ensuring the best possible functionality of the website and a customer-friendly and effective browsing experience.

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and to decide individually whether to accept them, or to exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or generally.

Please note that refusing cookies may limit the functionality of our website.

5) Contact

When you contact us (e.g. via a contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. The data collected when using a contact form is shown in the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of responding to your enquiry or for contacting you and the related technical administration.

The legal basis for processing this data is our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry pursuant to Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data will be deleted once your enquiry has been fully processed. This is the case when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter concerned has been conclusively clarified and provided that no statutory retention obligations oppose deletion.

6) Rights of data subjects

6.1 Applicable data protection law grants you the following rights as a data subject vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data (rights of access and intervention), whereby the relevant legal basis is referred to for the respective conditions for exercising these rights:

- Right of access pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR;

- Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR;

- Right to erasure 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 pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;

- Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR.

6.2 RIGHT TO OBJECT

IF WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA AS PART OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF OUR OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. 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 WE PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA 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 YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, WE WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.

7) Retention period for personal data

The retention period for personal data is determined by the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and, where applicable, additionally by the relevant statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).

Where personal data is processed on the basis of express consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, the data concerned is stored until you withdraw your consent.

If statutory retention periods apply to data processed in the context of legal or similar obligations on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, this data is routinely deleted after the retention periods expire, provided that it is no longer required for the performance or initiation of the contract and/or we no longer have a legitimate interest in retaining it.

Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data is stored until you exercise your right to object under 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.

Where personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, the data is stored until you exercise your right to object under Art. 21(2) GDPR.

Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this Privacy Policy regarding specific processing situations, stored personal data is deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

Copyright notice: This Privacy Policy was prepared by the specialist lawyers at IT-Recht Kanzlei and is protected by copyright

(https://www.it-recht-kanzlei.de)

Version: 18.09.2026

Our website is currently being updated. Therefore, some of the documents and information provided may not yet be up to date. Thank you for your understanding!