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The controller is a natural or legal person, who, alone or together with others, takes decisions on the purpose and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.).
One way of collecting your data is by receiving the data that you provide to us. This might be data that you enter in a contact form.
Other data will automatically be collected by our IT systems when you visit our website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. information about internet browser, operating system or time of calling up the website). As soon as you enter our website the data is collected automatically.
Part of the data is collected to guarantee that the website is running smoothly. Other data might be used to analyze user behavior.
You have the right to inquire about the origin, recipient and purpose of your personal data stored with us. Furthermore, you have the right to demand the rectification, blocking and erasure of your data. If you have further questions regarding data protection please do not hesitate to contact us anytime at the above address. In addition to that, you have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority in charge.
Analytics tools and tools of third parties
When you visit our website your web-browsing behavior can be analyzed statistically. This is mainly done by means of cookies and so-called analytics programs. The analysis of your web-browsing behavior is usually done anonymously, it cannot be traced back to you. If you have given your consent, the favorite products can be analyzed after you have registered as a customer. You can opt out of this analysis or prevent it by refusing to use certain tools. You will find further details on that in our Privacy Statement under heading 5. Analytics tools and advertising
Data protection is ubiquitous at Hommel Hercules GmbH & Co. KG. Data protection protects the persons behind the data stored or processed in companies. The objective of data protection and the primary goal of Hommel Hercules GmbH & Co. KG is to handle personal data in a way that nobody's personal rights are affected.
Lawfulness of processing, fairness of processing, transparency
Accuracy of data processing
Storage limitation and erasure concepts
Handling personal data responsibly but also being aware of the risks of IT systems and applications are other essential parts of Hommel Hercules GmbH & Co. KG. objectives.
Information obligations of the controller and rights of the data subjects
Name and contact details of the controller and/or his/her representative
Hommel Hercules GmbH & Co. KG
datenschutz@hhw.de
We are modern WHOLESALE and FULL RANGE in the tool sector. Our high quality demands are applied to more than 100,000 products. Professional users appreciate our screws, bolts, screw accessories, anchors, chemical products, furniture and construction fittings, tools, storage and retrieval systems and health and safety equipment. Our target is straightforward: we want to make our customers' lives easier by providing individual services, useful system solutions and a broad product range.
The collection, processing or use of personal data serves this corporate purpose or supporting secondary purposes, such as customer service.
The company shall only collect, process and use personal data to prepare and comply with contracts, for legitimate interests, to comply with legal regulations or with consent of the data subject.
Die Hommel Hercules GmbH & Co. KG does not target children with its websites and its mobile applications.
Processing personal data is only lawful if it is permitted by a law, that is to say, if there is a legal basis for it. However, further options are defined both in the GDPR and the FDPA.
Personal data is only processed in our company in compliance with legal regulations. These are, among others, When a consent to processing personal data has been given (Art. 6 sect. 1 a GDPR),
When personal data must be processed to fulfill a contractual obligation or to prepare a contractual relationship (Art. 6 sect. 1 b GDPR),
When we are obliged to process personal data to meet legal requirements (Art. 6 sect. 1 c GDPR),
When we process personal data on the basis of a legitimate interest or a legitimate interest of a third party (Art. 6 sect. 1 f GDPR).
When considering the interests of the data subjects or the parties to the contract, very stringent criteria to the benefit of the data subject will be used.
Potential recipients of transmitted personal data are
Service providers and other business partners if it is required to fulfill the individual purposes and a legal regulation permits or demands it or if the data subject has give his/her consent.
If data transfer to third countries is required, this shall exclusively be done for concluding or complying with contracts - as far as the legitimate interest of the data subject does not oppose this - considering all data protection requirements. If the intention to transfer personal data to a third country or an international organization exists, this shall be done on the basis of an adequacy decision. If data is transferred nevertheless, we recommend that adequate guaranties or binding internal data protection regulations be in place and/or, when considering interests of data subjects and the contracting parties, strict criteria to benefit data subjects be applied. Inquiries about documents, which might serve as suitable guarantees, can be made with the data protection officer at datenschutz@hhw.de.
The personal data, which is not subject to legal or contractual retention or erasure obligations must be deleted immediately after becoming dispensable upon the fulfillment of the individual purpose.
The data subject has several data protection rights. Below you will find an explanation of these rights. You can use the above-mentioned contact details to observe these rights.
Right to information, rectification and erasure
Every data subject has the right to information by the data controller regarding their personal data as well as the right to rectification or to erasure or to restriction of processing or the right to object to processing and the right to data portability.
Every data subject has the right to revoke their consent without the legitimacy of processing done based on the consent before revocation being affected.
Every data subject has the right to file a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority when they think their data protection rights have been infringed.
Every data subject shall have the right to know if the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or required for concluding a contract, if the data subject is required to provide personal data and what the consequences of not providing data would be.
Many data processing activities are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke a consent given at any time. An informal e-mail addressed to us is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing activity carried out before the revocation remains unaffected.
Right to complain with the supervisory authority in charge
In case of data breaches the data subject can file a complaint to the supervisory authority in charge. The supervisory authority in charge of data-protection issues is the data protection officer of the Federal Land, in which our company is located. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.
You have the right to receive the personal data, which we processes in an automated fashion on the basis of your consent or fulfilling a contract, in a commonly used and machine-readable format. Should you request the direct portability of the data to another controller this will only be done if it is technically feasible.
This website uses SSL and/or TSL encryption for security reasons and to protection the transmission of confidential content such as orders or requests that you send to the website's operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection when you see that the address bar of your browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and when the lock symbol appears in your address bar.
Please feel free to contact the data protection officer at datenschutz@hhw.de .
4. Date collection on our website
The websites partially use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your browser and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files, which are placed on your computer and stored by your internet browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies will remained stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser during your subsequent visits.
You can adjust your browser in a way that you are informed about the usage of cookies and just allow cookies in individual cases, accept cookies only for certain cases or generally refuse them and activate the automatic erasure of cookies when closing your internet browser. When deactivating cookies, the functionality of the website might be restricted.
Cookies, which are required to provide electronic communication or certain functions you wish to have (e.g. shopping basket function), will be saved on the basis of Art. 6 sect. 1 b GDPR. Hommel Hercules GmbH & Co. KG uses these cookies primarily to process your orders in the on-line shop. As far as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your web-browsing behavior) are saved, they will be described separately in this Privacy Statement.
You can find an overview of the active cookies at the following link: Cookies.
Art. 6 sect. 1 b GDPR, permitting data processing to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures, forms the basis for the processing of data.
The data you have inserted in the contact form will remain with us until you request the erasure of the data or the purpose of the data storage ceases to exist (e.g. after your inquiry has been processed).
Registration in our on-line shop
You can register in our on-line shop in order to use additional functions on our website. The data provided will only be used for the purpose of the usage of the individual offer or service you registered for. The mandatory information must be fully provided for the registration. Otherwise we will refuse to register you.
For important changes, for instance regarding the scope of the offer or in case of technically required changes, we will inform you by using the e-mail address provided upon your registration.
Your registration in our on-line shop serves to prepare for a contract and/or business between you and Hommel Hercules GmbH & Co. KG (Art. 6 sect. 1 b GDPR).
The data collected during your registration will be stored as long as you are registered in our on-line shop and will be deleted afterwards. Legal retention periods will remain unaffected.
We collect, process and use personal data only if it is required for the creation, formulation of the content or changes to the contract (contractual data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 sect. 1 b GDPR, permitting data processing to fulfill a contract or pre-contractual measures. We only collect, process and use personal data about the usage of the websites (usage data) if it is required to allow our customer to use the service and to invoice it.
Data transfer when concluding contracts in on-line shops, dealers and shipment of merchandise
We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary to fulfill the contract, for instance to the companies entrusted with shipping the merchandise or the bank commissioned to handle the payment. No further data is transmitted and/or only if you have expressed your explicit consent. Your data is not disclosed to third parties, for instance for advertising puposes, without your explicit consent.
Data transfer when concluding contracts for services and digital content
We only transfer personal data to third parties if this is necessary to fulfill the contract, for instance to the bank commissioned to handle the payment.
No further data is transmitted and/or only if you have expressed your explicit consent. Your data is not disclosed to third parties, for instance for advertising purposes, without your explicit consent.
This website uses functions from the web analysis service Google Analytics.The provider is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses “cookies”.These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website.The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 Par. 1(F) of the DSGVO.The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.
We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website.Your IP address will be truncated by Google within the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States.Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the U.S. and cropped there.On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports regarding website activity and provide other services to the website operator related to website usage and Internet usage.The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not bought together with other Google data.
You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that, in such case, you may not be able to fully utilize all of the functions of this website.
Furthermore, you can prevent the collection of data (including your IP address) through cookies and website use as well as data processing by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available through the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
For more information on the processing of user data by Google Analytics, please visit Google’s privacy policy at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
We have signed a contract on the processing of order data with Google that is in full compliance with the strict requirements imposed by German data protection authorities on the use of Google Analytics.
We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. This will shorten your Hommel Hercules IP address. We use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website activity and internet usage.
This function enables the target groups created with Google Analytics Remarketing to be linked with the cross-device functions of Google AdWords and Google DoubleClick.This allows advertising to be displayed based on your personal interests, identified based on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g. mobile phone), on other devices (such as a tablet or computer).
You can permanently object to cross-device remarketing/targeting by disabling personalized advertising in your Google Account by following this link
The summary of the data collected in your Google Account is based solely on your consent, which you can submit or revoke on Google (Art. 6 par. 1(a) DSGVO). For data collection operations that are not merged into your Google Account (for example, because you do not have a Google Account or have opposed the merge), the collection of data is based on Article 6 par.1(f) of the DSGVO. The legitimate interest arises from the fact that the website operator has an interest in anonymous analysis of website visitors for advertising purposes.
information and the data protection regulations can be found in Google's data protection declaration at:
We use the Google Tag Manager. Using this service, website tags can be managed over an interface.The Google Tag Manager only implements tags. No cookies are set and no personal data is collected. The Google Tag Manager triggers other tags that may collect data.The Google Tag Manager does not access this data More information about the Google Tag Manager can be found under the following link:
If you would like to receive our newsletter, we require a valid email address as well as information to allow us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive this newsletter. No additional data is collected or it is only collected on a voluntary basis. We only use this data to send the requested information and do not pass it on to third parties.
The data entered in the newsletter registration form will be processed exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 (a) DSGVO). You can revoke consent to the storage of your data and e-mail address as well as their use for sending the newsletter at any time, e.g. through the "unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be used to distribute the newsletter until such time as you cancel your subscription, when said data will be deleted. Data stored by us for other purposes (e.g. e-mail addresses for registration remain unaffected by this.
This website uses Newsletter2Go to send newsletters. The provider is die Newsletter2Go GmbH, Köpenicker Str. 126, 10179 Berlin, Deutschland.
Newsletter2Go is a service with which the dispatch of newsletters can be organized and analyzed. The data you enter for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored on Inxmail's servers in Germany. If you do not wish Inxmail to carry out an analysis, you must unsubscribe from the respective newsletter. We provide a link to do this in every newsletter we send.
For analysis purposes, e-mails sent with Newsletter2Go contain a so-called "tracking pixel" that connects to Inxmail's servers when the e-mail is opened. This allows us to determine if a newsletter message has been opened. Inxmail can also help us determine whether and which links are clicked on in the newsletter message. All links in the e-mail are so-called tracking links with which your clicks can be counted. For more information on the analysis functions of Inxmail, click on the following link https://www.newsletter2go.de/features/newsletter-trackingoptionen/
The data will be processed on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 (a) DSGVO). You may revoke your consent at any time. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
The data provided when registering for the newsletter will be used to distribute the newsletter until such time as you cancel your subscription, when said data will be deleted from our servers and those of Inxmail. Data we have stored for other purposes (e.g. email addresses for the members area) remains unaffected.
Signing of a contract for order data processing
We have signed a contract with Newsletter2Go in which we oblige Inxmail to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
We have integrated YouTube videos into our online services, which is stored on www.youtube.com and can be played directly from our website. These are all integrated in the "Extended Privacy Mode", i.e. no data about you as user are transferred to Youtube if you do not play the videos. Data is not transferred until you play the videos. We have no influence on this data transfer. This takes place regardless of whether YouTube makes a user account available via which you are logged in or no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account.
If you do not wish to be associated with your profile on YouTube, you must log out of YouTube before playing the video. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses it for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or requirements-oriented design of its website.You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.
YouTube is used in the interests of making our online presence more attractive. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 (f) DSGVO.
For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube, please refer to the privacy policy.There you will also find further information on your corresponding rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has signed up to the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
On this website we use the services of Google Maps.This allows us to display interactive maps directly on the website and enables you to conveniently use the map function.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate locating the places we specify on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 (f) DSGVO.
For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Google Maps, please see the privacy policy.There you will also find further information on your corresponding rights and settings options for protecting your privacy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has signed up to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
8. Liability exclusion / disclaimer
The data protection declaration of Hommel Hercules GmbH und Co. KG does not apply to applications, products, services, websites or social media functions of third party providers which are accessible via links which we offer for information reasons. When using these links you leave the website of Hommel Hercules GmbH und Co KG, so it is possible that information about you may be collected or passed on by third parties. Hommel Hercules GmbH und Co. KG has no influence whatsoever on the websites of third parties and makes no recommendations or assurances regarding these websites or their data protection practices. We encourage you to read and review the privacy policies of all websites with which you may interact before allowing them to collect, process and use your personal information.