Privacy statement

1. data protection at a glance

General notes

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. personally identifiable. For detailed information on the subject of data protection privacy statement below this text. Data collection on this 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 his contact details contact details can be found in the "Notice about the responsible party" section of this privacy policy. in this data protection declaration.

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 a data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. systems. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of day). of the page view). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected in order to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient and purpose of your personal data. and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right, under you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time about this and any other questions you may have on the subject of data protection. Analysis tools and third-party tools When visiting this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is done mainly mainly with so-called analysis programmes. Detailed information on these analysis programmes can be found in the following data protection declaration.

General notes and mandatory information

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 data protection declaration. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data with which you can be personally identified. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done. We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible. possible. The processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.) is not permitted. decides.

Storage period

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified within this data protection declaration, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. your personal data with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted, unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted. In the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons have ceased to apply.

General information on the legal basis of data processing on this website

If you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the following basis on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO, insofar as special categories of data are processed according to Art. 9 para. 1 DSGVO. Insofar as you consent to the storage of cookies or to the access information into your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing is also carried out on the basis of data processing is also carried out on the basis of § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. This consent can be revocable at any time. If your data is required for the fulfilment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of § 25 para. we process your data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Furthermore we process your data if this is necessary for the fulfilment of a legal obligation on the basis of Art. basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. Data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. The relevant legal bases in each individual case are The relevant legal basis in each individual case is explained in the following paragraphs of this data protection declaration.

Note on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Among other things, we use tools from companies based in the USA or other third third countries that are not secure under data protection law. If these tools are active, your personal personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We would like to point out We would like to point out that no level of data protection comparable to that in the EU can be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without your consent. without you as the data subject being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) may process, analyse and use your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. purposes, evaluate and permanently store your data. We have no influence on these We have no influence on these processing activities.

Revocation of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the data processing remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to the collection of data in specific cases and to Direct advertising (Art. 21 DSGVO)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 ABS. 1 LIT. E OR F OF THE GDPR YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS SITUATION, TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANY PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. PROFILING. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH PROCESSING IS BASED, PLEASE REFER TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA, UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OVERRIDING YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ARTICLE 21(1) DSGVO). IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING. PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING, INSOFAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING (OBJECTION ACCORDING TO ART. 21 ABS. 2 DSGVO).

Right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the or the place of the alleged infringement. The right of appeal shall be without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format, which we process automatically. format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another person responsible this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

SSL or TLS encryption

For security reasons and in order to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser of "http://" to "https://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free of charge information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, the right to have this data corrected or deleted. For this and other questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.

Right to restrict processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored by us, we usually need time to check this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to restriction of the processing of your personal data. If the processing of your personal data has happened/is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you wish to use it to exercise, defence or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your data instead of erasure. the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
• If you have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, a balancing must be carried out between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests outweigh interests prevail, you have the right to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data.


. If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data - apart from its only with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of your personal data. defence of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a Member State. of a Member State.

Note on the responsible body

The data controller for this website is:

Auto Hermes GmbH & Co. KG
Werksstr. 24
45527 Hattingen
Phone: 0049 (0)2324 / 202873 oder 22908
E-mail: martin@auto-hermes.de
Data Protection Officer Martin Hermes
The data controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses, etc.)