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Privacy Policy


1. Data Protection at a Glance


General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to personally identify you. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy below.

General Information on Data Collection on Our Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the legal notice of this website.

How do we collect your data?
On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This could include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically by our IT systems when you visit the website. This includes primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access our website.

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

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

2. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

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

When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to personally identify you. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g., when communicating by email) can have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of your data from access by third parties is not possible.


Information on the responsible party


The responsible party for data processing on this website is:

SOMATEC
Sondermaschinen GmbH
Freibusch 7
31789 Hameln

Phone +49 (0) 51 51 / 1 06 52-0
Fax +49 (0) 51 51 / 1 06 52-10
Email info@somatec-hameln.de

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

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. An informal notification via email to us is sufficient for this purpose. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of data protection violations, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority for data protection matters is the State Data Protection Commissioner of the federal state in which our company is based. A list of data protection commissioners and their contact details can be found at the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html

Right to Data Portability

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

Access, Blocking, Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to obtain information free of charge about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients, and the purpose of the data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification, blocking, or deletion of this data. For this purpose, as well as for further questions on the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time at the address given in the legal notice.

Objection to Promotional Emails

The use of contact details published within the scope of the legal notice obligation for sending unsolicited advertising and informational materials is hereby prohibited. The operators of this website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising, such as spam emails.

SSL/TLS Encryption

This website uses SSL/TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential information, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the website operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser's address bar changes from "http://" to "https://" and by the padlock icon in your browser's address bar.

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

3. Data Collection on Our Website


Necessary Data Processing for Providing the Website

When you access our website, your web browser automatically sends data to our web server. These are:

  • User's IP address or hostname
  • Browser type and version
  • User's operating system
  • Date and time of the server request
  • Referrer URL

Purpose of data collection for providing the website

Your IP address must be recorded by our system during the delivery of the website in order to technically enable you to access the website.

This constitutes our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

Right to object and erasure

Since the collection of this data is technically essential for the delivery of the website, there is no right to object for the user or for us to erase the data. The IP address is automatically deleted when you leave the website.


Right to object and erasure

Since the collection of this data is technically essential for the delivery of the website, there is no right to object for the user or right for us to erase the data. The IP address is automatically deleted when you leave the website.

Server Log Files

The website provider automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files. The transmitted data corresponds to the data collected for the provision of the website.

Your IP address is modified and thus anonymized during transmission to the server log files. Therefore, it is no longer possible to identify you personally from the stored data.

This data is not combined with other data sources.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or for taking steps prior to entering into a contract.

Storage Duration

Your IP address is stored for the duration of your session. Server log files are deleted after one day.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Cookies do not harm your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, effective, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

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

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set, to allow cookies only in individual cases, to block cookies in certain cases or entirely, and to automatically delete cookies when you close your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.

Cookies that are necessary for carrying out electronic communication or for providing certain functions you have requested (e.g., the shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically flawless and optimized provision of its services. Any other cookies (e.g., cookies for analyzing your browsing behavior) are addressed separately in this privacy policy.

Processing of Data

We collect, process, and use personal data only to the extent necessary for establishing, defining the content of, or modifying the contractual relationship (inventory data). This is done on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or for taking steps prior to entering into a contract. We collect, process, and use personal data relating to the use of our website (usage data) only to the extent necessary to enable or bill the user for the service.

The collected customer data is deleted after completion of the order or termination of the business relationship. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

4. Newsletter


Newsletter Data

If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the website, we require an email address from you, as well as information that allows us to verify that you are the owner of the email address provided and that you agree to receive the newsletter. No further data is collected, or only on a voluntary basis. We use this data exclusively for sending the requested information and do not share it with third parties.

The processing of the data entered into the newsletter registration form is based solely on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent to the storage of your data and email address, as well as their use for sending the newsletter, at any time, for example, via the "Unsubscribe" link in the newsletter. The legality of data processing operations already carried out remains unaffected by the revocation.

The data you have provided to us for the purpose of receiving the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe and will be deleted after you unsubscribe. Data that has been stored by us for other purposes (e.g., email addresses for the members' area) remains unaffected.

5. Plugins and Tools


YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, a site operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to YouTube's servers is established. This informs the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to directly associate your browsing behavior with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is only used after the user of this website has given their explicit consent.

Further information on how user data is handled can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Google Maps

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

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA. The provider of this website has no influence on this data transfer.

Google Maps is only used after the user of this website has given their explicit consent.

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

Hameln, November 5, 2025