Data Privacy
Privacy Policy
www.regalspringsadditions.com
When you visit our website, we collect and process personal data. The details are explained in this privacy policy. Here, we also explain how this information is used and the measures Regal Springs takes to protect personal data.
Who is the data controller according to data protection law?
The processing of personal data collected during the use of this website is carried out by:
Regal Springs Europe GmbH
Branch Office Germany
Kallmorgen-Tower
Willy-Brandt-Str. 23-25
Hamburg, 20457
The technical implementation of this website is carried out by the agency.
2. What are personal data?
Personal data refers to all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. (Art. 4 No. 1 GDPR)
3. What personal data is collected on this website?
a) General collection when using our website
When you visit our website www.regalspringsadditions.com, information is automatically sent to the server of our website by the browser used on your end device.
This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file.
IP address of the requesting computer,
Date and time of access,
Name and URL of the accessed file,
Website from which the access originated (referrer URL),
Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer, as well as the name of your access provider.
We process the above-mentioned data for the following purposes:
Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,
Ensuring convenient use of our website,
Evaluation of system security and stability as well as
for further administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest arises from the purposes of data collection listed above.
Under no circumstances do we use the collected data to draw conclusions about your person.
b) Collection of user data when entering data in our contact form
If you use the contact form on our homepage, we also collect the following personal data:
Salutation
Email address
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b) GDPR. Data processing is carried out to enable communication with you and, if necessary, to carry out pre-contractual measures based on your request.
c) Cookies
In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website.
Cookies are small items of text information that are stored in your browser and can be written and read by our websites. They contain information that allows a web server to recognize a user and to store their settings. Therefore, you do not have to enter your navigation settings such as location, font, or language each time you use the website. These cookies are stored in the working memory of your computer. They do not allow us to identify you; however, they do collect information about the navigation of your computer on the website (the pages you visit, the date and time of the visit, etc.), which we can read during your subsequent visits.
Cookies do not impair your use of our website but are intended to make our offer more user-friendly.
The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned above to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
We use various types of cookies for the website www.regalspringsadditions.com:
aa) Absolutely necessary cookies (mostly session cookies)
These are necessary to guarantee the smooth functioning of the website and cannot be deactivated. They are used to guarantee basic service requirements, such as secure login, definition of your privacy settings, completion of forms, etc… You can configure your browser to block these cookies or to be notified of them; however, some functions of our website may no longer be (fully) available. These cookies do not store any personal data.
bb) Analytical cookies
These cookies allow us to evaluate the number of visits to the website and to develop appropriate ways to improve the performance of the website. They provide us with information about which pages are the most popular and which are the least popular and how visitors navigate the website. All information collected by cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we do not know when you visited our website, and we are not able to track and improve the performance of the website.
You can agree or disagree to the use of analytical cookies under the Cookie Settings menu in the footer.
cc) Individual cookies
These cookies allow us to offer you enhanced and personalized features. They can be stored by our partners who offer additional services on our pages or by us. If you do not accept these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly. You can also configure your browser to block cookies or to notify you of them. However, some functions of our website may no longer be (fully) available. Configuration is done under the menu item
Firefox, Safari: Settings > Privacy
Chrome: Settings > Advanced
Edge: Settings > Advanced settings
Internet Explorer: Internet options > Privacy > Advanced
If you use browser versions other than those mentioned above: Please refer to the user manual of the software provider.
dd) Web analysis tool/tracking tool
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure that our website is designed to meet the needs and that it is continuously optimized. Furthermore, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be considered legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
We use Google Analytics to analyze website usage. The data obtained from this is used to optimize our website and advertising measures.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States). Google processes the data on website usage on our behalf and contractually commits itself to taking measures to ensure the confidentiality of the processed data.
During your website visit, the following data, among others, are recorded:
Pages accessed
Your behavior on the pages (e.g., clicks, scroll behavior, and length of stay)
Your approximate location (country and city)
Your IP address (in truncated form so that no unique assignment is possible)
Technical information such as browser, internet provider, end device, and screen resolution
Source of your visit (i.e., through which website or advertising medium you came to us)
This data is transmitted to a Google server in the USA. Google complies with the data protection provisions of the “EU-US Privacy Shield” agreement.
Google Analytics stores cookies in your web browser for a period of two years after your last visit. These cookies contain a randomly generated user ID that can be recognized when you revisit the website in the future.
The recorded data is stored together with the randomly generated user ID, which enables the evaluation of pseudonymous user profiles. This user-related data is automatically deleted after 14 months. Other data remains stored in aggregated form indefinitely. If you do not agree to the collection, you can prevent this by installing the Google Analytics browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).
4. How does Regal Springs use the personal data collected on the website?
The information collected by us on our website about individual users is only used for internal company purposes, e.g., to optimize our websites. The collected data is not used for advertising unless you have provided us with corresponding data and have expressly consented to their commercial use.
Regal Springs does not conduct any sale, trade, or lending of personal data collected online and does not disclose any personal data to third parties unless there is a legal obligation to do so.
5. What measures does Regal Springs take to protect users' personal data?
Within the website visit, we use the common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. In most cases, this involves a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we instead use 128-bit v3 technology. You can recognize whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed representation of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.
Furthermore, we use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
6. How long will my personal data be stored?
Personal data collected during the use of this website will be deleted as soon as it is no longer needed. Deletion takes place at the latest 2 years after the data was collected. This does not apply if we are legally obliged to store the data for a longer period or if you have consented to longer storage.
7. Revocation of consent
If you have given us consent to use personal data, you can revoke this consent at any time. This will result in us no longer processing the data based on this consent in the future.
If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal, simply send an email to info.germany@regalsprings.com.
8. What other data protection rights do I have against Regal Springs?
You also have the right to:
Request information about your personal data processed by us (Art. 15 GDPR). In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data, if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
Request the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us (Art. 16 GDPR)
Request the deletion of your personal data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR)
Request the restriction of processing of your personal data if deletion is not desired (Art. 18 GDPR)
Receive your personal data provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request the transmission to another controller (Art. 20 GDPR)
If you wish to exercise your above-mentioned rights, simply send an email to info.germany@regalsprings.com.
9. Social Media Plug-Ins
a) Facebook
We use social plug-ins of the social network Facebook on our website on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR in order to make ourselves better known. For this purpose, we use the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button. This is an offer from Facebook (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). The underlying advertising purpose is to be considered a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Facebook is responsible for the data protection-compliant operation.
When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Facebook. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Facebook to your browser and integrated into the page.
By integrating the plug-ins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can directly associate your visit to our website with your Facebook account. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by clicking the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.
Facebook can use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research, and the design of Facebook pages to meet your needs. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest, and relationship profiles, e.g., to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website, and to provide further services related to the use of Facebook.
If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).
b) YouTube
On this page, we also embed YouTube videos. The operator of the corresponding plug-ins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit our page, a connection to YouTube servers is automatically established. YouTube thereby receives personal data, such as your IP address. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behavior to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account beforehand. When a YouTube video is started, YouTube uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. You can prevent this by blocking the storage of cookies in your browser.
For more information on data protection at “YouTube”, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy at: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
c) Instagram
Our website also uses so-called social plug-ins from Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”). The plug-ins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example, in the form of an “Instagram camera”. An overview of the Instagram plug-ins and their appearance can be found here:
http://blog.instagram.com/post/36222022872/introducing-instagram-badges
When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser establishes a direct connection to Instagram’s servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted directly from Instagram to your browser and integrated into the page. By integrating the plug-ins, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged into Instagram, Instagram can directly associate your visit to our website with your Instagram account. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by clicking the “Instagram” button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts.
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Instagram, as well as your rights and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy:
https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388/
If you do not want Instagram to directly associate the data collected via our website with your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. You can also completely prevent the loading of Instagram plug-ins with add-ons for your browser, e.g., with the script blocker “NoScript” (http://noscript.net/).
10. Possibility of complaint
If you have reason to complain about data protection, you are welcome to contact us (info.germany@regalsprings.com). However, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR). In general, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or work or our company headquarters for this purpose.
