The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is all data with which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed below this text.
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the imprint of this website.
How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter in our contact form. Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page visit). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour (only with consent). Data from the contact form is used exclusively to process your inquiry.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right to receive information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data free of charge at any time. You also have the right to request the correction, blocking, or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time at the address given in the imprint for this and other questions on the subject of data protection. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
The provider of this site automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These include: browser type and browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of the server request, IP address. A consolidation of this data with other data sources is not carried out. The collection of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of its website — for this purpose, server log files must be collected.
When you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provided there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of data entered into the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may revoke this consent at any time. An informal message by email to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
This website exclusively uses localStorage to store your language preference. No tracking cookies are set. The language preference is stored only locally in your browser and is not transmitted to third parties.
With your explicit consent, this website may use Cloudflare Web Analytics (provider: Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA). Cloudflare Web Analytics is used to analyse the use of our website and enables us to evaluate user behaviour to optimise our offering.
What data is collected?
Cloudflare Web Analytics exclusively collects aggregated, anonymised data. No individual IP addresses are stored or shared. Data collected includes: number of page views, pages visited, dwell time, country of origin, browser and operating system used.
Legal Basis
Processing is based on Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent). You may revoke your consent at any time via the cookie banner.
This website is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. The use of the hoster is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a secure and efficient provision of our website).
Cloudflare
We use the Cloudflare service (provider: Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) as a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and to protect our website. Cloudflare provides a global network that makes our website faster and more secure. When you access our website, your IP address is transmitted to Cloudflare. The use of Cloudflare is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in a secure and efficient provision of our website).
Third-Country Transfer
Cloudflare, headquartered in the USA, is a third country outside the EU. The transfer of personal data to the USA is based on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which the European Commission has recognised as providing an adequate level of protection (decision of 10.07.2023). Cloudflare is certified under the DPF. Alternatively, we use EU-based servers, so data processing primarily takes place within the EU.
Unless a longer retention period is specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose of data processing ceases. If you exercise a right of withdrawal or revoke consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless there are other legally permissible reasons for storage (e.g. tax or commercial retention periods). In the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.
You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, and restriction of processing of your personal data, as well as the right to data portability and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You may revoke your consent with effect for the future at any time.
Right of Withdrawal
You may revoke your consent to data processing at any time. The revocation does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent until the revocation.
The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Werderstraße 157, 18069 Rostock
www.datenschutz-mv.de
If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, information, correction, blocking, or deletion of data, or revocation of consent granted, please contact:
Merlin Industries
Mühlenstraße 53-54, 18439 Stralsund
Email: info@merlin-industries.de