Privacy / Data protection

The protection of your data is important to us! As a result, we have produced this statement to inform you about data protection in our company. We collect, store and use your personal data only within the scope of the Data Protection Law (BDSG), the German Telemedia Law (TMG) and other data protection regulations. In this statement, we would like to inform you of which types of data we use, what we use them for, and what your rights are.

1. Anonymous data collection and processing on this internet page

Log data which your browser transmits to us is automatically collected on our server and stored in an internal log file. This includes the following information:

- the type and version of your browser,
- the type and version of the operating system that you are using,
- the URL of the page you came from before reaching us,
- the search words you used to find our site,
- the date and time of the retrieval of our website,
- the names of the subpages you retrieved.

We collect and process this data in an anonymous form; this means that: you can not be identified as a specific person. The purpose of the collection and processing of the data is evaluation for internal system-related and statistical uses.

2. Pseudonymous data collection and processing on this website

If you are registered on our site, we will collect and store the above data on the pages you have retrieved, in pseudonymised form. This means that: This data will exclusively be used with a link to an internal code, but it will not be linked to your name or to other identification features. The data is not assigned to you personally. We use data collection and processing in pseudonymised form in order to create user profiles, so that we can tailor our services and advertising to your needs.

If you do not wish a user profile to be created, you can prevent it. Further information about exercising your right of objection can be found under the heading "Right of objection and right of rescission".

3. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. By setting cookies, our web server is able to reveal your individual settings on our web pages - and if required also encrypted components of the login data - to your browser, thus enabling you to use our web site more easily, and login automatically.
Using your browser settings, you can reject cookies, delete them from your computer, block them, or require notification before cookies are set.
The cookies set by us are deleted from your computer after every session.

4. Collection of data through the use of Google Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies. This involves the use of text files which are stored on your computer to allow an analysis of your use of the website. Collected information includes data on the operating system, browser, your IP address, the web page you were on previously (referrer URL), and the date and time of your visit to our website.
This information generated from the text file regarding the use of our website is sent to a Google server in the USA, and stored there. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of our website, to generate reports about website activity for the website operators, and to provide related services linked to the use of the website and internet. If required to do so by law, or if third parties process this data on behalf of Google, Google will communicate this information to third parties. This use is anonymised or pseudonymised.
Further information on this can be found directly at google.com, or in point 3.

5. Data protection statement on the usage of Facebook plug-ins (“Like” button)

Our pages include plug-ins provided by the social network: Facebook Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA). The Facebook plug-ins can be recognised by the Facebook logo or the "Like" button ("I like this") on our website. An overview of the Facebook plug-ins can be found here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. When you visit our web pages, the plugin provides a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives the information that you have visited our site, via your IP address. If you use the Facebook "Like" button while you are logged in to your Facebook account, you can link the content of our pages to your Facebook profile. This enables Facebook to associate your visit to our web pages, to your user account. We hereby state, that as the provider of the web pages, we have no knowledge about the content of the transmitted data or how it is used by Facebook. You can find out more information on this in Facebook’s data protection statement at http://dede.facebook.com/policy.php. If you do not wish Facebook to associate your visit to our web pages, to your user account, please log out of your Facebook user account.

6. Data protection statement on the usage of Google +1

Collection and sharing of information:
Using the Google +1 button you can publish information worldwide. The Google +1 button allows you and other users to receive personalised content from Google and our partners. Google stores both the information that you have given for the +1 content, as well as information regarding the page that you were viewing when you clicked on +1. Your +1 can be referenced on the Internet, together with your profile name and photo, including in Google services including in search results, in your Google profile, or in other locations on websites and ads.
Google records information about your +1 activity in order to improve Google services for you and others. In order to use the Google +1 button, you must have a public Google profile which can be seen around the world, and as a minimum, the profile must contain the name which has been selected for it. This name is used by all Google services. In some cases, this name will also replace another name which you have used when sharing content with your Google account. The identity of your Google profile can be displayed to users who know your E-mail address or other information which can be used to identify you.

Use of the collected information:
In addition to the uses described above, the information provided by you can be used in accordance with Google’s applicable data protection provisions. Google may publish aggregated statistics about the user’s +1 activities, or it may pass this information on to users and partners, such as publishers, advertisers or linked websites.

7. Data protection statement on the usage of Twitter

Our pages have Twitter functionality embedded into them. This functionality is provided by Twitter Inc., Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the pages you visit are linked to your Twitter account and disclosed to other users. In this way, data is sent directly to Twitter. We hereby state, that as the provider of the web pages, we have no knowledge about the content of the transmitted data or how it is used by Twitter. You can find out more information on this in Twitter’s data protection statement at http://twitter.com/privacy. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings under http://twitter.com/account/settings.

8. Use of your personal data

We will use your personal data, including name, address, e-mail, phone number, specified bank data to process orders you make with us. This data will be passed on to third parties which are involved in the ordering process, namely to suppliers, exclusively for the purposes of carrying out your order in the context of an order data processing agreement. No other provision or disclosure is carried out.

In distributing our newsletter or other interesting offers to you, we will only use your email address if you have granted your consent to us to do so. You are able to withdraw your consent at any time and stop receiving newsletters and e-mails from our company.

Further information about exercising your right of objection can be found under the heading "Right of objection and right of rescission".

9. Rights to information, correction, blocking and deletion of data

We will grant you, at any time and on request, free information about your stored personal data, its origin, who has received it, and the purpose of its storage. You can obtain this information via the contact details below.

If the statutory requirements are met, you have rights to the correction, blockage or deletion of this data. For these purposes please also contact the addresses listed below.

10. Right of objection and right of rescission

You have the right to prevent your data from being used to create user profiles, and to revoke consent which you have previously granted. In this case, we will refrain from processing your data for these purposes.
You can communicate your objection or rescission to us without giving any reasons, by post, telephone, fax or e-mail.
By post: Schmid & Wezel GmbH, Maybachstraße 2, 75433 Maulbronn, Germany
By telephone: +49 (0) 7043 -102-0
By fax: +49 (0) 7043 -102-78
By e-Mail: biax-verkauf@biax.de