1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

Below we provide a clear overview of how we handle your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data refers to any information that can personally identify you. For detailed information about our privacy policy, please refer to the full data protection declaration at the end of this text.

Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the legal notice (imprint) of this website.

How do we collect your data?
We collect your data when you actively provide it to us, for example by filling out a contact form. Additionally, our IT systems automatically collect technical data when you visit our website, such as information about your internet browser, operating system, and time of access.

What do we use your data for?
Some data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your behavior as a user.

What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive free information at any time about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. For further information, you may contact us at the address provided in the legal notice. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

2. General Information and Mandatory Information

Data Protection

The operators of this website take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use our website, various personal data is collected. Personal data is any data that can personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect, for what purpose, and how we process it.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., email communication) may have security vulnerabilities. Although we implement measures to protect your data, complete protection against unauthorized access by third parties cannot be guaranteed.

Information About the Responsible Body

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Best Technology GmbH
Im Erlengrund 11
D-46149 Oberhausen
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 208/635 76 228
Email: info@best-technology.eu

The responsible body is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, email addresses, etc.).

Withdrawal of Your Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time by sending an informal email. The legality of the data processing carried out before the withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

In case of violations of data protection law, the affected person has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent authority is the data protection officer of the federal state in which our company is based.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. If you request direct transfer to another controller, this will only be done where technically feasible.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure secure transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries you send to us. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the change in the browser’s address line from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock icon in your browser bar.

When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, Blocking, Deletion

Within the framework of applicable legal provisions, you have the right to obtain free information at any time about your stored personal data, its origin, recipients, and purpose of processing. You also have the right to request correction, blocking, or deletion of this data.

You may contact us at any time using the address provided in the legal notice to exercise these rights.

Objection to Advertising Emails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the legal notice for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited promotional information, such as spam emails.

3. Data Collection on Our Website

Cookies

Some of our web pages use cookies. Cookies do not harm your device and do not contain viruses. They serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are session cookies and are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies and allow them only in individual cases, exclude acceptance in specific cases, or generally disable them, as well as enable automatic deletion when closing the browser. Disabling cookies may limit website functionality.

Cookies necessary for electronic communication or for providing certain functions you request (e.g., shopping cart function) are stored pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to provide technically error-free services. Other cookies (e.g., for analyzing browsing behavior) are addressed separately in this privacy policy.

Server Log Files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in server log files that your browser transmits automatically. These include:

  • Browser type and version

  • Operating system used

  • Referrer URL

  • Host name of accessing computer

  • Time of server request

  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, which permits data processing for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

4. Newsletter

Newsletter Data

If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on this website, we require your email address and information to verify that you are the owner of the provided email address and that you consent to receiving the newsletter. No additional data is collected unless voluntarily provided.

We process this data exclusively based on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke your consent at any time, for example via the “unsubscribe” link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing carried out prior to revocation remains unaffected.

Your data will be stored until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. After unsubscribing, your data will be deleted. Data stored for other purposes (e.g., member accounts) remains unaffected.

5. Plugins and Tools

Google Maps

This website uses the Google Maps mapping service via an API. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use Google Maps functions, your IP address must be processed and stored. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The website operator has no control over this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of presenting our online services attractively and making it easy to locate the places indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Further information on how Google handles user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy:
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/