Privacy Policy

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the safeguarding of your personal data extremely seriously. We handle your personal details confidentially and in line with legal data protection provisions as well as this data protection declaration.

Use of our website is generally possible without indication of personal details. To the extent that personal details (for example, name, address or e-mail addresses) are collected on our pages, this is always performed, as far as possible, on a voluntary basis. These data will not be forwarded to third parties without your express agreement.

We point out that data transmission on the Internet (for example, during e-mail communication) may exhibit security gaps. It is not possible to provide gapless protection of data against access by third parties.

Data Protection Officer

Statutory data protection officer
We have appointed an internal data protection officer for our company.

bits + bytes it-solutions GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhof Weidenau 6
57076 Siegen
Mail: datenschutz@bits-bytes.de
Tel: 0700 / 20 30 10 30

Cookies

Some Internet pages use so-called cookies. Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies are used in order to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and secure. Cookies are small text files that are deposited on your computer and are saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies that we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow your browser to be recognised on your next visit.

You can set your browser in order to obtain information about the depositing of cookies and to allow cookies case by case, to block the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or generally, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. The functioning of this website may be impaired if cookies are deactivated.

Server-Log-Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Time of the server request

These data cannot be attributed to defined persons. These data are not merged with other data sources. We reserve the right to examine these data after the fact if we have received concrete indications of illegal use.

Contact form

When you send us queries via the contact form, your information from the request form, including the contact details indicated by you there, will be stored with us for the purpose of processing the query and in case of subsequent questions. We will not pass on these details without your consent.

Newsletter data

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter offered on the site, we need an e-mail address from you, along with information that allows us to check that you are the holder of the indicated e-mail address and agree to receiving the newsletter. No further data will be collected. We use these data exclusively for sending the requested information and will not pass them on to third parties.

You can recall the granted consent to storing data, e-mail address, and their use for sending the newsletter at any time, via the “Unsubscribe” link in the newsletter for instance.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the website analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”.
These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow analysis of your use of the website. The information generated through the cookie concerning the use of this website is generally transmitted to a server of Google in the USA and stored there.
You will find more information about how user data is handled at Google Analytics in the data protection declaration by Google:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

Browser Plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by making a corresponding adjustment to your browser software; however, we point out that in that event you may not be able to use all functions of this website to the full extent. In addition, you can prevent the recording of the data generated through the cookie and relating to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google, as well as the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Objection to data recording

You can prevent the recording of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie is deposited and will prevent the recording of your data on future visits to this website: deactivate Google Analytics

SSL encryption

For security reasons and for the safeguarding of the transmission of confidential content, such as the queries you send to us as the site operator for example, this site uses SSL encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by a change in the browser’s address bar from “http://” to https:// and the lock symbol in your browser bar.
When SSL encryption is activated, the data that you send to us cannot be read by third parties.

Right to information, deletion, blocking

At all times you have the right to information, free of charge, about your stored personal details, their origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing, as well as a right to correction, blocking or deletion of these data. On this subject, as well as on other questions concerning the subject of personal details, you can contact us at any time at the address indicated in the masthead.

Objection to promotional e-mails

An objection is herewith raised against the use of contact details published in accordance with the duty to provide a masthead for the sending of not expressly requested advertising and information materials. The operators of the pages reserve the exclusive right to take legal steps in the event of the unsolicited sending of promotional information, for instance by means of spam e-mails.