Data protection declaration

We are delighted that you have opted to use our services. STABILA takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. Our data protection declaration explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights.

 

General information

Contact data for the controller

In the context of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), additional national data protection laws of the member states and other data protection regulations, the controller (hereinafter "STABILA") is:


STABILA Messgeräte Gustav Ullrich GmbH
Landauer Straße 45
76855 Annweiler am Trifels
Germany
Commercial Registration No.: Landau District Court HRB 3217
Tel: +49 (0)6346 3090
E-mail: datenschutz@de.stabila.com

The company is legally represented by its CEO, Dr Ulrich Dähne.

 

Contact data for data protection officer

CTM-COM GmbH
Marienburgstraße 27
64297 Darmstadt
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)6151 3942 71
E-mail: datenschutz@ctm-com.de

Data subjects may contact our data protection officer directly at any time should they have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

 

Contact form

On our websites, you can get in touch with us by e-mail and/or via our contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user (mandatory fields: e-mail address and message) will be stored to process their enquiry. This information is not passed on to third parties. The data that is obtained in this way will also not be aligned with data that may be collected by other components of our website.

 

Basic procedures and legal basis for processing personal data

We consider it our overriding obligation to handle the personal data you provide us with in the strictest confidence and to protect this data against unauthorised access. We therefore take the greatest care and implement the latest security standards to guarantee the highest level of protection of your personal data.

As a private company, we are subject to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and regulations of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

We have implemented technical and organisational measures to ensure that these provisions relating to data protection are observed by us and our external service providers.

We only process personal data, provided that the person concerned has given their consent [Article 6 (1), (1a) of the GDPR], if required as part of the legal obligations to process a contract or pre-contractual measures [Article 6 (1), (1b) of the GDPR], if there is a legitimate interest [Article 6 (1), (1f) of the GDPR] or to protect the vital interests of one of the parties concerned [Article 6 (1) (1d) of the GDPR], e.g. sharing personal data in the event of an accident, if the party concerned cannot provide the information themselves.

 

Disclosure of data to third parties and processing order data

We use your personal data to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations. When necessary, permitted or required by law, we will share your personal data with third parties or processors. Processors handle personal data on our behalf and only in accordance with our specifications.

We do not implement automated decisions relating to the processing of data. We do not carry out profiling (automated processing with the objective of evaluating certain personal aspects).

 

Storage period of personal data

We store your personal data for as long as we require it to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations. Your personal data is then deleted as soon as we no longer require it and there is no law that stipulates that the data should continue to be stored. Personal data that we process for legitimate company interests is stored until its purpose is fulfilled and the task is completed. Your personal data is not deleted as long as it is required to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or you have given your consent to it being retained.

 

Your rights

  • If you would like to know what personal data we have stored relating to you, we will inform you upon request as you have the right to access in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR and Article 34 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
  • If you inform us that personal data is incorrect, we must correct it. You have the right to make corrections in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR.
  • You have the right to have your personal data deleted in accordance with Article 17 of the GDPR and Article 35 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). You also have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR.
  • You have the right to object in accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR. Any consent to the processing of your personal data that you may have granted can be revoked at any time with effect for the future. If you inform us that you object to your personal data being processed, the lawfulness of processing based on your consent is not affected until you submit your objection.
  • You have the right to data portability in accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR.

If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us or our data protection officer. If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please be aware that we will store both your request and our subsequent response for a period of three years as evidence that the proper information or response was given.

In accordance with Article 13 (2) (d) of the GDPR, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. The supervisory authority can be contacted at the address below:

Der Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Rheinland-Pfalz [State representative for data protection and freedom of information for Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany]
Postfach 3040, 55020 Mainz
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)6131 8920-0
E-mail: poststelle@datenschutz.rlp.de
Internet: https://www.datenschutz.rlp.de/de/startseite/

 

Use of our website

Collection, use and disclosure of personal data

It is possible to use stabila.com and stabila-promotion.com without disclosing personal data. Different regulations may apply to the use of individual services on our websites; if so, they are explained separately below. Your personal data (e.g. name, address, e-mail and phone number) will only be processed by us in accordance with the provisions of German and European data protection law. Data is classed as personal data if it can be used to identify a natural person. This data is collected on the basis of the EU GDPR and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) in its latest version. If you have provided us with personal data, we will only use it to answer your enquiries, to process your contracts and registrations and for technical administration.

Every time you access our Internet portal or retrieve a file stored on the Internet portal, this is logged. This information is stored for internal system-related and statistical purposes.

 

Transfer of data to the USA

The European Court of Justice views the level of data protection in the USA as inadequate by EU standards. In particular, there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for monitoring purposes, potentially without the possibility of legal remedy.

Please take special note of the information provided in this data protection declaration on the tools and services we use in relation to the transfer of data to the USA.

Many tools and services use cookies (you can find out more about this under "Cookies" below). The use of cookies is typically associated with the transfer of data to the USA, involving US providers such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. If you do not wish this, be sure to revoke the relevant consent that you gave when you accessed the website.

 

Objecting or revoking consent to the processing of your data

If you have consented to the processing of your data, you can revoke this consent at any time. Revoking your consent will affect the permissibility of processing your personal data after you have made us aware of this preference.

 

Where the processing of your personal data is based on the balancing of interests, you may object to such processing. This is the case when processing is not required in order to fulfil a contract with you, which is indicated by us in each case in the description of functions below. When you make such an objection, please explain the reasons why you do not wish us to process your personal data in a particular way. When you provide your objection and reasons, we will assess the situation and either cease to process your data, adjust the manner in which we process it, or explain to you the compelling, legitimate reasons why we will continue to process the data.

You can object to the processing of your data for the purposes of advertising and data analytics at any time.

 

SSL and TLS encryption

For security reasons and to protect the transfer of confidential content that you send to us as the site operator, such as orders and enquiries, this site uses SSL and/or TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the padlock symbol in the browser bar. If SSL or TLS encryption is enabled, data that you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.

 

Server data

For technical reasons, the following data, which your web browser transfers to us or to our web space provider, is collected (in the form of server log files):

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Web page from which you visited us (referrer URL)
  • Web page you are visiting
  • Date and time of your visit
  • Your Internet Protocol (IP) address (anonymised)

This anonymised data is stored separately from any personal data you may have provided and therefore cannot be used to identify you. The data is evaluated for statistical purposes so that we can optimise our website and our services. The data is automatically erased after 13 months.

 

Cookies

We use cookies on our website to identify recurring use of our service by the same user/Internet subscriber. Cookies are small text files which your web browser saves and stores on your computer. They are used to optimise our website and our services. For the most part they are "session cookies", which are deleted at the end of your visit. In some cases, however, these cookies provide information so that you can be automatically recognised on a subsequent visit. This form of identification is based on the IP address saved in cookies. The information obtained in this manner is used to optimise our services and make it easier for you to access our website. You can prevent cookies from being installed by selecting the appropriate setting in your browser; however, please note that if you do, you may not be able to enjoy the full functionality of our website.

By consenting to the use of cookies from US providers such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, you also consent to your data being processed in the USA in accordance with Article 49 (1) (1a) of the GDPR.

To change the data protection preferences you have previously selected, click here.

 

Google web fonts (local hosting)

To display fonts uniformly, this site uses web fonts provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as "Google". Google fonts are installed locally. No connection is established with Google servers. More information about Google web fonts is available at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

 

Matomo analysis tool

1) This website uses the web analytics service Matomo to enable us to analyse and continually improve the use of our site. We use the collected statistics to improve the site and make it more interesting for you as the user. The legal basis for the use of Matomo is Article 6 (1) (1a) of the GDPR.

2) For the purposes of this analysis we store cookies on your computer (for more information, see "Cookies"). The information gathered is stored by the controller exclusively on its server in Germany. You can prevent the use of analytics by deleting existing cookies and disabling the storage of cookies. Please be aware that, if you disable the storage of cookies, you may not be able to make full use of all functions on the site. You can block the storage of cookies with the appropriate setting in your browser.

3) This site uses Matomo with the AnonymizeIP add-on, which shortens IP addresses before they are processed to prevent them from being directly associated with an individual person. The IP address shared by your browser through Matomo is not combined with other data we collect.

4) The Matomo program is an open-source project. You can view this third-party provider's privacy policy at http://matomo.org/privacy/policy

 

AWStats analytics tool

We use the analytics tool AWStats on our website. This analytics software enables information about the way a website is used to be collected without using cookies. To do this, the program evaluates the log files generated by the user's browser. These files contain the data listed under "Server data". This data is not merged with other data, which means that it is not possible to identify an individual. The data is not passed on to third parties. The collected data is automatically deleted after 12 months.

 

Google Maps

On our website, we use the Google Maps component from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Google").

Every time the Google Maps component is accessed, a cookie is generated by Google to process user settings and user data when displaying the page on which the Google Maps component is integrated. As a rule, this cookie is not deleted when the browser is closed. Instead it expires after a defined period of time, unless deleted manually beforehand.

If you do not agree to your data being processed in this way, you have the option to disable the Google Maps service and thereby prevent data being transferred to Google. To do this, you must disable the JavaScript function in your browser. However, please note that in this case you will not be able to use Google Maps or will only be able to use it to a limited extent.

The use of Google Maps and the information obtained via Google Maps is subject to Google's Terms of Service https://policies.google.com/terms and the Additional Terms of Service for Google Maps https://www.google.com/help/terms_maps.html.

 

OpenStreetMap

On our website, we use the OpenStreetMap component supplied by the OpenStreetMap Foundation, St John's Innovation Centre, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WS, United Kingdom (hereinafter referred to as "OpenStreetMap").

Every time one of our web pages that is linked to the OpenStreetMap service is accessed, OpenStreetMap saves a cookie on your device via your web browser. This enables your user settings and user data to be processed for the purpose of displaying the page and guaranteeing the functionality of the OpenStreetMap service. By processing this data, OpenStreetMap can determine from which website your request was sent and to which IP address the overview of the journey should be transmitted. The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR. Our legitimate interest is based on the improvement and cost-effective operation of our web presence. If you do not agree to your data being processed in this way, you have the option to prevent cookies from being installed by selecting the appropriate setting in your browser. Further information on this is provided in the "Cookies" section. OpenStreetMap provides further information about the collection and use of data and your rights and options to protect your privacy at https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy.

 

YouTube (with privacy-enhanced mode)

Our site uses components (videos) from the YouTube service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

We use YouTube's "privacy-enhanced mode" option for this.

When you request a page that has an embedded video, a connection is established to the YouTube servers and the content is displayed on the web page by notifying your browser.

According to information from YouTube, in "privacy-enhanced mode", data is only transferred to the YouTube server – in particular which pages on our site you have visited – when you watch a video. If you are signed into YouTube at the same time, this information will be associated with your YouTube account. You can prevent this by signing out of your YouTube account before visiting our website.

Google has provided further information about data protection with regard to YouTube at this link: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/


STABILA newsletter

Consent for newsletter

Our STABILA newsletter provides regular news and information about our services. To receive our newsletter, you will need a valid e-mail address. We will then check the e-mail address that you have entered to verify that you are the actual holder of the e-mail address specified and that the holder of this address consents to receiving the newsletter. When you subscribe to our newsletter, we will store your IP address along with the registration date and time. This is a security precaution on our part in case a third party misuses your e-mail address and attempts to subscribe to our newsletter without your knowledge. The data that is obtained in this way will not be aligned with data that may be collected by other components of our website.

 

Newsletter subscription

When you subscribe to our company newsletter, the data you provide in the form is transferred to the parties responsible for processing it. For the subscription process, we use a double opt-in. After registering you will receive an e-mail requesting you to confirm your registration. We require this confirmation to prevent a person from registering using someone else's e-mail address. When you subscribe to the newsletter, your IP address and the date and time of registration are stored. We use this information to prevent misuse of our services and of your e-mail address. This data is not shared with third parties unless there is a legal obligation to disclose it. The data is used solely to send out the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. You can also withdraw your consent to the storage of your personal data at any time. To do this, use the link provided in each newsletter. The legal basis for the processing of this data after the user registers for the newsletter is the consent of the user in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR.

 

Use of rapidmail

To distribute the STABILA newsletter, we use rapidmail. The service is provided by rapidmail GmbH, Wentzingerstraße, 21, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. rapidmail organises and analyses the distribution of newsletters. The data you provide in order to receive the newsletter is stored on rapidmail's servers in Germany. If you do not wish to receive the newsletter any more, you must unsubscribe. An unsubscribe link is included in each newsletter. For analytical purposes, e-mails sent by rapidmail contain a tracking pixel that connects to rapidmail's servers when the e-mail is opened. This indicates whether a newsletter was opened or not. With the help of rapidmail we can also determine which links in an e-mail the user has clicked on. All links in the e-mail are tracking links that allow your clicks to be counted.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR. The data recipient is rapidmail GmbH. The data is not transferred to third countries. The data you provide in connection with consenting to receive the newsletter is stored by us until such time as you unsubscribe from the newsletter. After you have unsubscribed, it is deleted from both our servers and rapidmail's servers.

Withdrawing your consent: You can withdraw your consent to the processing of your data at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that has previously taken place.

For more information about data security at rapidmail, please visit https://www.rapidmail.de/datensicherheit (information in German only). For more details about analytical functions used by rapidmail, please visit: https://www.rapidmail.de/wissen-und-hilfe (information in German only).


Facebook and Instagram

STABILA fan pages

We operate the following fan pages on Facebook and Instagram:

https://www.facebook.com/StabilaOfficial

https://www.instagram.com/stabila_official/

https://www.instagram.com/stabila_usa_canada/

https://www.instagram.com/stabila_uk/

These pages and the technical functionality of Facebook and Instagram are provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Facebook and Instagram are a social network that enables users to communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. It serves as a platform to share opinions and experiences through personal and company-related information.

 

Processed personal data

(1) Facebook and Instagram normally process users' personal data for market research and advertising purposes. By monitoring usage behaviour and a user's interests, for example, usage profiles can be created. These profiles can be used to target advertisements within and outside the platforms which are presumed to match the user's interests. This usually involves placing cookies on the user's computer to record the user's behaviour and interests. Usage profiles may also store data regardless of the device the user is using (especially if the user is a member of the platform and is signed in).

(2) Insights data: When you use our fan pages, Facebook and Instagram also provide us with various categories of statistical data (known as "insights" data), which we can access. These insights consist of combined data that allows us to see how people interact with our site. This includes: total number of page views, likes, page activity, post interactions, video views, post reach, comments, shared content, replies, gender distribution, location by country and city, language, views and clicks in the shop, clicks on route planners and clicks on phone numbers.

(3) Further information about insights data, including exercising your rights, is available at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data.

 

Purpose of processing

Our processing of personal data on our websites (user comments, messages, page statistics) takes place on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR, to provide information about our products and services, make posts more attractive, identify the most suitable time for publication and communicate with customers, interested parties and users active on our sites. We have no control over any other further processing by service providers.

 

Joint controllership

The operator of the fan page and Facebook and Instagram are joint controllers in accordance with Article 26 of the GDPR. Facebook and Instagram take primary responsibility in accordance with the GDPR for the processing of insights data and will fulfil all obligations arising from the GDPR with respect to the processing of insights data (including Articles 12 and 13 of the GDPR, Articles 15 to 22 of the GDPR and Articles 32 to 34 of the GDPR). A joint control agreement has been made with operators of fan pages (this can be accessed at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum).

 

Rights of users

If you wish to enquire what data is held about you, or exercise your rights as a user, please be aware that this can be done most effectively through Facebook and Instagram. Only Facebook and Instagram have access to users' data and can directly take the appropriate measures and provide the requested information. Should you still need help, please contact us.

 

Privacy policies and contact details for data protection officer

When you access fan pages, the terms and privacy policies of Facebook and Instagram, over which we have no control, apply. Data may also be processed outside the European Union.

Facebook's privacy policy can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Instagram's privacy policy can be found here: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.

Contact details: You can contact the data protection officer of Facebook and Instagram using this contact form: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970 or in connection with insights data, this contact form: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/308592359910928.


TikTok

We operate the following fan page on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stabila_official

The sites and technical functionality of TikTok are provided by Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland. For further information about the purpose and scope of the collection, processing and use of data, as well as your rights concerning this and settings to protect your privacy, refer to TikTok's Privacy Policy, which you can view at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy.

To prevent TikTok from associating your visit to our website with your TikTok account, you must sign out of your TikTok account before visiting our site.


YouTube

STABILA YouTube channel

We operate the following channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/STABILAOfficial

The sites and technical functionality of YouTube are provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. For further information about the purpose and scope of the collection, processing and use of data, as well as your rights concerning this and settings to protect your privacy, refer to YouTube's Privacy Policy, which you can view at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

To prevent YouTube from associating your visit to our website with your YouTube account, you must sign out of your YouTube account before visiting our site.


Applications

Application platform

Applications should only be submitted through our application platform. You can also access it by clicking on "Go to our current job vacancies" in the careers section of our website.

Applications not received via this platform, but by e-mail or by post, will be immediately destroyed or deleted.

The application platform is operated by our service provider HR Works (HRworks GmbH, Waldkircher Str. 28, 79106 Freiburg, Germany). For information about the processing of your personal data, please refer to our Information for applicants.

 

Cookies

When you use our application platform, the jobs portal server uses three essential cookies. The cookie "HrwJobApplicationmanagementSession" represents the session of the person using the portal. This cookie is required for operation, as it allows users to be distinguished from each other. There are also two AWS cookies ("AWSALB" and "AWSALBCORS"), which are needed to link information with the correct instance of the server and to ensure the smooth upload of application documents.